BURN Manufacturing

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Country

Kenya

Beneficiaries

Rural households

Project Description

BURN is a Kenyan company, producing and distributing cookstoves in East Africa. The company’s trademark cookstove, jikokoa™ is distributed at very affordable rates, without subsidy, in East Africa. These stoves have helped 764,500 beneficiaries save 541,000 tons of wood and $16 million in reduced fuel costs. Independent studies conducted by Acumen Fund, MicroEnergy Credits, M-KOPA, and Berkeley Air Monitoring Group show enormous economic and health benefits of the jikokoa™. These studies have shown that compared to the Kenya Ceramic Jiko (KCJ), the commonly available ‘improved’ cookstove in Sub-Saharan Africa, the jikokoa™ reduces: